More than 18 million women contributed to the World War II effort on the home front — as pilots, engineers, mechanics, code breakers, and factory workers building planes, tanks, and weapons. Congress authorized a memorial to honor them in 2023, but existing law generally bars new monuments from being placed on the National Mall itself. This bill creates an exception, allowing the World War II Women's Memorial to be sited on the Mall or in the central Reserve area near the Capitol — the same prime location where the Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and other major national tributes stand. The World War II Women's Memorial Foundation, the group behind the project, would still need to secure approvals and funding before construction could begin.
Congressional Summary
World War II Women's Memorial Location ActThis bill allows the commemorative work for women who worked on the home front during World War II to be located in either (1) the Reserve, an area that generally extends from the United States Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial; or (2) the area just outside the Reserve, known as Area I. (This map shows the Reserve in red and Area I in yellow.)
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-03-24
- Date Added
- 2026-04-24
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